I started a small Do It Yourself project of cleaning up and painting my steel [ 5 1/2Jx15, 1537 Semmerz, 11/67 ] rims.Got done priming one of the rims when I noticed it was cracked. Checked the other 3 rims and found one of the others was cracked in the exact same place! Argh.....

Being steel, I assume a weld bead can be put down relatively easily to stop the propagation of the crack.

Would anyone with experience and/or know-how please chime in?

Is a simple weld fix considered safe?

To keep cost down, I would like to find a local welding shop to do the fix. - as opposed to finding a wheel shop to do a full restorationDoes anyone know of a welding shop, optimally in the Hayward area, that could do this?

Thanks,-WhuGmiT

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